Table 3.
Complications of MRgFUS.
| Author-publication time | Number of minor complications | Type of minor complications | Number of major complications | Type of major complications |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anzidei-2016 (27) | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bertrand-2018 (32) | 0 | 0 | ||
| Catane-2007 (33) | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chan-2017 (34) | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chen-2018 (19) | 0 | 0 | ||
| Huisman-2014 (35) | 2 | Pain after treatment (n = 1), grade I skin burn (n = 1) | 0 | |
| Hurwitz-2014 (36) | 59 | Sonication pain (n = 36), position pain (n = 9) postprocedural pain (n = 5), fatigue (n = 2) neuropathy (n = 1), skin burn (n = 1), blood in urine (n = 1), fever (n = 1), myositis (n = 1), skin rash (n = 1), skin numbness (n = 1) | 4 | Fracture (n = 2), grade III skin burn (n = 1), hip flexor neuropathy (n = 1) |
| Li-2010 (22) | 15 | Grade I skin burns (n = 12), grade II skin burn (n = 2), affected limbs numbness (n = 3) | 0 | |
| Liberman-2008 (37) | 1 | Grade II skin burn (n = 1) | 1 | Sciatic nerve injury (n = 1) |
| Lee-2017 (13) | 12 | Grade II myositis (n = 1), Positioning pain (n = 3), Sonication pain (n = 7), Dermatitis (n = 1) | 0 | |
| Gianfelice-2008 (39) | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wang-2019 (40) | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harding-2018 (41) | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gu-2015 (42) | 4 | Lower limbs numbness (n = 1), Sonication pain (n = 3) | 0 |